Livestream: Jacinda Ardern, Ministry of Health provide latest COVID-19 updates

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Ministry of Health's Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, have provided the latest updates on New Zealand's COVID-19 outbreak and response.

Three new cases and two deaths were confirmed during Thursday's press conference, bringing the country's death toll to 16. 

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